Disinfecting device.



J. G. com. DISINFEGTIN G DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 11l 1913.

1,085,546. Patented Jan. 27,1914.

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JAY GOULD CO'RY, OF COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO ROBERT E.

^ LINNEY, OF NEOSI-IO, MISSOURI.

DISINFECTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. at, 191e.

Application filed March 11, 1913. Serial No. 753,570. p

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAY GOULD CORY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coifeyville, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Disinfecting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to disinfecting devices and more particularly to that type which are adapted for disinfecting mouth pieces of telephone transmitters and like instruments.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple in construction, relatively cheap to manufacture and which may be conveniently applied to the ordinary transmitter without in any way affecting the impression of the sound waves upon the diaphragm thereof,

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following specific description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application, in which Figure l is an elevation of the device shown applied to the transmitter with the mouth piece removed therefrom. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the mouth piece attached. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of F ig. l, showing the valve plate in open position. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the disinfecting attachment comprises a cylindrical body l provided with a. longitudinally extending threaded nipple 2 at one end adapted to enter the threaded opening in the transmitter front which usually receives the mouth piece. The opposite end ofthe device is provided with an internally threaded collar 8 adapted to receive the mouth piece 4. The internal diameter of the body is substantially the same as the internal diameter of the small end of the mouth piece, so that the. sound waves passing through the mouth piece to the diaphragm of the transmitter will not be obstructed in any manner.

Depending from the tubular body l is a receptacle 5 in the form of a transverse tube which is closed at opposite ends by screw caps 6. This tube communicates with the interior of the tubular body l by a port 7 which enters the tubular body at the base of a longitudinal groove 8, whose walls are under-cut so as to hold the valve plate 9 against displacement. This valve plate is slidably mounted in the groove 9 and is provided with a port l0 adapted to register with the port 7, as will be readily seen from inspection of'Fig. 3. In order to operate the valve plate I provide an upstanding lip ll which may be engaged with the finger when the mouth piece is removed or before the attachment has been applied to the transmitter so as to move the valve plate to either closed or open position. The tubular receptacle 5 should occupy the position shown in the drawings and in order to obtain this position in certain instances it is necessary to use washers, such as are shown at l2, to provide for a tight engagement of the attachment with the transmitter.

W'hat is claimed is l. A disinfecting attachment for telephone transmitters comprising a tubular body, a threaded nipple thereon for connecting the saine to t-he transmitter, an internal threaded collar for receiving the mouth piece, a tubular receptacle depending from and comunicating with the interior of the tubular body, means for closing the ends of said tubular receptacle, and a sliding valve for closing communication between the receptacle and the tubular body.

2. A disinfecting attachment for telcphone transmitters comprising a tubular body having an internal longitudinal groove and a portcommunicating with the groove, means for connecting the attachment to the transmitter, means on the attachment for receiving a mouth piece, a tubular receptacle carried by the tubular body and communieating with theport, screw' caps for closing the ends of the tubular receptacle and an apertured valve plate slidably mounted in the groove and adapted to control communication between the receptacle and the tubular bod i.

Irl testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. y

` JAY GOULD COR-Y. Vitnesses:

OTTO H. Ross, MABEL JOHNSTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the ommissoner of Patents Washington, D. C. 

